Flowers... Finally and other CHECKS!

We FINALLY finalized our entire floral order with the florist today. It took a lot of debate to reach our final numbers on everything, but what we ended up with will be PERFECT! I'm so excited to see everything that Lyn has in store for us, I know it will be fabulous!!

So, obviously since we finalized our floral order, we have a final(well, sort of) headcount. Right now we are at 164, and that's where we're going to stay, hopefully. We called and finally got an answer out of most people. I'm excited since that's really close to where we hoped to be numbers wise way back at the beginning of the planning process!

Last night, I printed out all of the Menu cards for the reception, so that is DONE! Which is a huge sigh of relief. I might start working on the programs tonight, if I feel ambitious. We have lots of payments and final checkups with people this week, but after that, I feel like we're almost ready!! :)

Bridal Portrait Teasers!

I'm so excited! Today my photographer posted my bridal portraits in a gallery on his website!! I think they came out even better than I expected. I was worried that I was posing weird or making a funny face or something in all of them, lol! Plus, I like my hair and makeup even more than I thought!! So, I'm not going to post a full length shot, but I'll give you some teasers for now. I don't want my fiance to stumble upon the pictures, although he knows to stay away from this blog.

Oh, and in these pictures, you can see the bouquet that I DIYed on Sunday afternoon. I was more stressed about making this one because it would be in pictures, but I think it came out even better than my trial!! I used pink tulips, ranunculus, and carnations and tied the stems with a pink ribbon.

DIY Bouquet

I'm going to DIY a bouquet for my bridal portrait next Sunday. I wanted to practice picking out the flowers and putting them together to see how it'd go. So, yesterday I went to Trader Joe's and bought a bunch of flowers. I got ranunculus, roses, and a daisies/mums mix.

I took off all of the foliage so that it was just the stems and flowers. Then, I slowly bunched them together, starting from the center, moving outward. It really takes a ton of flowers to get a substantial looking bouquet. So, after I got the flowers all arranged how I'd like, I tied a pretty pink bow around the stems. I used some cute pearl pins to secure the ribbon.

Next time, I think I'll go for less green and white, and use more solid pinks. The ranunculus were also pretty hard to work with because their stems are wider and flimsier than rose stems. They also get floppy in the bouquet really easy. I think it came out pretty good for a first try. What do you think?

Wedding Flowers!

Here are some details about our wedding flowers and some inspiration pictures.

The bridesmaids will be wearing light pink dresses and carrying bouquets with light pink and white flowers: peonies, sweet peas, hydrangea, roses, etc.













I will be carrying a bouquet of cream and blush flowers, including peonies, hydrangea, ranunculas, and roses.

We will have a gorgeous arrangement at the entry table which will hold the escort cards. Using many of the same flowers, there'll also be silver branches that will give the arrangement height.












For the guest tables, we'll have both low and high centerpieces. Both will be similar and have lots of roses, peonies and hydrangea.